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APA-83 Fillmore

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal

Gilliam Class Attack Transport:

Laid down (date unknown) as a Maritime Commission type (S4-SE2-BD1) hull under Maritime Commission contract (MC hull 1876) at Consolidated Steel Corp, Wilmington, CA.

Launched, 4 January 1945

Commissioned USS Fillmore (APA-83), 25 February 1945, CDR. L. E. Divoll in command

Decommissioned, 24 January 1947 at Norfolk, VA.

Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)

Returned to the Maritime Commission, 1 April 1948, for disposal

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in September 1966

Specifications:
Displacement 4,247 t.(lt), 7,080 t.(fl)
Length 426'
Beam 58'
Draft 16'
Speed 16.9 kts.
Complement

27 Officers

295 Enlisted
Troop Accommodations

47 Officers

802 Enlisted
Cargo Capacity 85,000 cu. ft., 600 t.
Armament

1 single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount

4 twin 40mm AA gun mounts

10 single 20mm AA gun mounts
Propulsion

Westinghouse turbo-electric drive

2 boilers

2 propellers, design shaft horsepower 6,000

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	59k	Fillmore (APA-83) underway in San Francisco Bay in late 1945 or early 1946. She is returning troops from the Western Pacific to the United States as part of Operation "Magic Carpet." US Navy photo # NH 98718 donated to the US Naval Historical Center by Boatswain's Mate First Class Robert G. Tippins, USN (Retired), 2003.		US Naval Historical Center
	127k	Operation Crossroads prospective target ships and support ships at Pearl Harbor in a photo released, 27 February 1946. Ships present from front to rear include Crittenden (APA-77), Catron (APA-71), Bracken (APA-64), Burleson (APA-67), Gilliam (APA-57), Fallon (APA-81), one unidentified ship, Fillmore (APA-83), Kochab (AKS-6), Luna (AKS-7) and an unidentified tanker and liberty ship. Identifiable on the right are *LSM-203* and *LSM-465. Further in the background are a floating drydock and a merchant ship hulk with unidentified fittings forward of the bridge. US National Archives photo # 80-G-702126* a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.		US Naval Historical Center

View the Fillmore (APA-83)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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